[ 290] ,~en[uch Authority, nay in oppojitfon to all-the Aut ha: rity, he hru really ejl-abtifhed among men. They muft be guilty of forging Covenants in Go&ls Name, and .' counterfeiting the great Seals of Heaven in ratification ofthem. And wht~t can be more Treafonable by all the Principles 'of Government ? lf/hat is more provoking and more dijficultly pardonable - They muft be guilty of [inning againft the Holy Ghoff, and unto Death, and ofthe fins defcribed in the paffages of the Epiftle to the Hebrews, with which none do terrific the Confciences of ignorqnt unskilful perfons more than they do. . They muft be guilty offuch fins which as they need pardon more than others; fo do they in tlie na– ture of the things themftlves more effectually cut off the·o.ffender from all hopes ofpardon ·in an ordinaty way. By being difunited from the Church, he ldfes his .Union with Chrift, and all the Myftical benefits confequent to that Vnion. He has therefore no Title to the Sujferings, or Uerits, or Interce.!]ion of Chrtjf, or .any of thoft other bleflings which were purchafed by tho/e Merits, or which ma-y be expected from thofe lnter~eUions. ,He has no Title to pardon offin, to the gifts and aJ!iftants of the ble!fe4 Spirit, or to any Pro– mifes oji future Rewards, though he Jhould perform .ALL oTHER PARTS ,op HIS DVTY, befides this of il?Jiting himfelf again to Chrift's Myftical Body in a .'VISIBLE COMMVNION: Till thm, there are no promifes of acceptance of any Prayers which either he may offer for himfelf, or others may ' offer for him. · And how difconfolate muft the condi– tion of fuch it ·perfon be ! And ·pag-4 zo. Sttppofe I were miftak§n.-why (hould $hey take it -illto be warned of.a_ dan~t ?-. . · .Anf 1o: What harm was It for 'thofe,Ail. 15. to [ay, . Except·ye be ctrcumcifed and k!~P the Law of tfl!"' · · · Mofes, •
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